Combined burglar and fire alarm.



J'. N. KOLOEN.

COMBINED BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM.

APPLIGATLQN FILED APR. 2z, 1914.

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J. N. KOLOEN.

COMBINED BURGLAR AND PIRE ALARM.

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JOHN N. KOLOEN, OF SILVERTON, OREGON.

COMBINED BURGLAR AND FIRE ALARM.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 11, 1914..

vApplication led April 22, 1914. Serial No. 833,684.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN N. KoLonN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Silverton, county of Marion, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Burglar and Fire Alarms, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined burglar and re alarms.

My invention has reference to that general type of fire or burglar alarms or combined fire and burglar alarms which employs cords that are normally kept taut, but when burned, displaced or broken by fire or by an intruder, set off the alarm.

The present invention has reference, more particularly, to the provision in a re 0r burglar alarmv of the class set forth, of a novel indicator by which the room where the cord has been burned or disturbed is disclosed, or, if the entire set of rooms protected by the alarm is burned out or the entire building burned down, will disclose the room in which the fire originated and the rooms which it successively attacked.

With the foregoing object in view, the invention consists, first, in a spring-actuated cord-restrained fire and burglar alarm having an indicator of improved construction; second, in a novel indicator adapted for use with re or burglar alarms without regard to the specific construction of the latter; and in the novel features and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing a series of rooms protected by the combined fire and burglar alarm of the present invention; Fig. 2, a face view looking toward the interior of the box containing the alarm andxindicator, the parts being in set condition; Fig. 3, an enlarged section on line 3-3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a similar view, but showing all of the indicating balls in the receptacle, as they would appear if all rooms protected were burned out; Fig. 5, a detail view, partly broken away, showing the cover for the channels of the indicator and illustrating by full and dotted lines the normal and burnt-out positions of the spring retainer for the indicator balls; and Fig. 6, a detail perspective of one of the spring-actuated cranks. p

Referring to Fig. 1, a few of the rooms 1, 2 and 3 of a building 4 are shown. The indicating and alarm mechanism is contained in a case or box 5 which may be located in any one of the said rooms. Cords 6, 7 and 8 extend from the mechanism inside the box 5 to different parts of the rooms 1, 2 and 3, passing loosely through screw-eyes or other suitable retainers 9 and being permanently fastened at some suitable point 10. The cords 6, 7 and 8 are located in relation to chimneys, doors, windows, fire-places or any other part of the room where a burglar would effect entrance or a fire might break out. The severing, burning or breaking of the cords causes relaxation of their tension and setting off of the alarm and operation of the indicator, as will presently appear. The box 5 is preferably provided with a suitable cover 1l for protecting the mechanism inside. The indicator mechanism is also provided with a hinged or removable cover 12.

lThe alarm 13 may be of any well-known clock-work type which, when released, by disengagement of the trip 14 by the sliding bar 15, sounds the alarm. The clock-work alarm may be wound up in the usual fashion and remain silent except when the trigger 15 moves in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 2. Normally the spring 16 keeps the trigger retracted so that the alarm cannot sound. The trigger 15 is provided with a plurality of ngers 17, 18 and 19 and it is guided in the eyes or staples 20 and in the slot 21 in the back of the box 5.

Referring to Fig. 6,\the cords 6, 7 and 8 are connected to arms 22 of the series of spring-actuated cranks 23, 24 and 25 which independently maintain the cords under tension, the arms 22 being horizontal or nearly so when the box 5 is in its vertical position on the wall of the room. The springs 26 which actuate the cranks are coiled around the intermediate portion 27 thereof, and have one end 28 engaged with the arm 22 and the other end 29 resting against the back of the box 5. Theportion 27 is journaled in eyes er staple bearings 30. The smaller arm 31 of the crank is received in a loop 32 of the respective indicator-,control ling rods 33, 34 and 35 which are, in turn, provided with retainer loops 36 which have portions slidable in a slot 37 in the back of the box 5 and within the indicator box 38 which has the cover 12. The cover 12 is provided with a series of apertures 39, 40 and 4l which lie over chutes 42, 43 and 44 in the side wall 45 of the indicator box. Just below each of the chutes 42,43, 44 is a guide or wall 46.

Balls A, B and C which have been dropped through the holes 39, 40 and 41, fall into the chutes 42,Vv 43 and 44 and ordinarily would pass out into the space D were t-hey not restrained by loops 36 which block up the passage of the balls' from the guides or walls 46 assuming that the cords 6,' 7 and 8 are under tension and that the arms 22 are resting against the spring tension of the springs 26. When, however, any one of the cords 6, 7, 8 is loosened or severed, as by burning, for instance, the spring 26 retracts the crank and the arm 22 then tends to lie flat against the back of the boX 5 and the turning of the crank 31 pulls the loop l 32 and the corresponding rod 33, 34 or 35 downward, thus withdrawing `the loop 46 from engagement with the corresponding ball A,B, C, and the ballis released and falls into the space D. The indicator balls A, B, G areprovided with some 'suitable in dicia such as the punchmarks appearing thereon in Fig. 2, so that it may be afterward determined which ball fell'first and consequently, which of the cords 6, 7, 8 was first severed; This would Vindicate which room the burglar entered or in which the fire originated. The order-of the release of the balls indicates the progress of the fire or of the burglar in the'house. To catch the ballsjA, B, C, I provide at the-bottom of the compartn'ient D a cup or receptacle E which is preferably constructed of some fire-proof materiaLflhis cup is open at its upper end 47 and sufliciently closed at its lower end to retain the balls, but a sight opening `48 is provided' in'its bottom and sight openings 49, 50, 51 in its side so that the order of the balls containedtherein may be readily observed. lTo securely lock the balls in the lretainer cup'Ey incase the entire series of rooms or 'the entire house or building burns, I provide a spring F'which has its lower end F. extending across the interior of the cup E and'rits upper end F adapted'to spring `across the mouth'f of the cup when releasedl Normally a piece ofl destructible material 52, such as: wood, is interposed between the springzand the side ofthe cup Aand holds' the part F retracted. Ordinarilyy the spring remains retracted and 'it is? only inthe event of-fire reaching the room where the indicator is installed and theblock `52 is burnt that the ball or balls are locked in the receptacle E. Y

If itvbe assumed thaty only the cord' 6 is severed or burnt by an intruder or fire in room 1,`spring restrainer 28 alone operates and pulls its rod 33 downward, thus releasy ing the stop loop 36 from the ball A, whereupon the latter falls by gravity into the ,compartment D and into the cup E. Being the first to fall into the cup E, in the-case of lire, it is shown where the fire originated. If the other vdevices 24, 25,A are allowed to operate by the severance or burning of the cords 7 8, they will retract their rods 34, 35

and, respectively, release the balls B, C,

which will then, in their order, fall into the cup E. As soon as one of the devices 23, 24, 25, acts, the end of the `,crank 31 by its engagement with the loop or stop 17, 18, 19, shifts the trip bar against the action of its spring`16 and releases detent 14, whereupon the alarm 13 sounds to notify the attendant or occupant of room 2 who, upon observing the cup E, can at once tell which cord has` j been severed. y v

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byfLetters Patent,isi y 1. In an alarm, the combination with a plurality of spring-actuated devices and tension cords connected thereto which on severance, release the said spring-actuated devices individually,1 of; a receptacle, a plurality of indicator balls adapted, when released, to fall into the receptacle, retaining means for the respective balls which are :respectivelyroperated bythe spring-actuated devices, and a lock adapted 'tovretain the balls in the receptacle.

2. An indicator for lire and burglar alarms comprising a plurality of balls, `a receptacle adapted-to catch and hold-saidV balls in the order in which they arereleased, independent retaining means for said balls, said means `being operable by the mechanisms ofthe fire or burglar alarm, anda ico lock for "retaining the balls in thereceptacle after they enter tsjaid receptacle;

In testimony whereof, I .'hereun signature 1n,v presence of twowltnesses'. e

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